Thanks for pointing out the difficulty of getting back to spheras from staff. It probably deserve its own section quite frankly since its one of her most glaring weakness in PvP. The proposed method that Blue recommended is slightly off. In fact, if you prioritize the Pet Summon swap, you need to make sure to have both summoning skills onto the hotbar and use the opposite pet as the one you currently have summoned. This way, it simply swaps the pets around instead of unsommoning the current one. If you mistakenly unsummon your pet in the middle of a 1v1, you're almost guaranteed to lose because you will have 6 seconds downtime at minimum without your intended damage, and 12 seconds without access to pet CC. The pet summon swap is the most protected one, but also the slowest. And comes with the penalty of not being able to use the Pet CC in 1v1. Detonative Flow swaps are risky as it was stated by Blue. However, they allow the Witch to cancel all her Staff skills with the exception of Healing Aura, Protected Area, Residual Lightning, Earthen Eruption (should have been able but, Pearl Abyss is too lazy to implement the skill adequateley for Awakening) Rabam skills 2 and 3. As a swap, this one is the smoothest and Detonative Flow can be cancelled with Flow: Magical Evasion (SA) at the expanse of the float if done too quickly or a Q block same problems but suffers from the block aftercast and potential hit block staggers. Of course there is the W + C swap as stated by Blue. Inconvinient because you need to have finished your staff skill completely and you cannot queue the input in advance or it will for a unprotected slow swap (a worst mistake than a double jump of shame). Finally, A/D + C swap is the fastest you can do, but has the problem of not being able to cancel staff skills. But, I have seen players able to do that swap at extreme speed, making it almost seemless after a Protected Area or Heal or Rabam Swiftquake even in large scale. It might be good to practice. Awakening Wizard does not have this issue because they have Hellfire frontal guard on the default allowing the same chains from Staff as Detonative Flow does. But don't get me started on Awakening Wizard. >.
Thanks. This is a really good guide and as a console player thanks for using the skill names instead of keystroke lists. I'm gonna go back and give my Witch a try on tag.
In terms of addons in large scale, Barrage of Lightning is a must have. And it was this way even when it was still a tier 2 addon. The reason being that the skill had 10 addon procs meaning that for every 'on hits' type of addon, it will proc 10 times. Number of hits =/= number of addons procs, mind you. Equilibrium Break is 2 addon procs, Thunderstorm 3x Lightning Blast 2x - 2x Yoke of Ordeal 1x - 1x Blizzard 1x Fissure Wave + Sign 2x - 1x. Earthen Eruption 2x -2x -1x (depending on stages) Barrage of Lightning 10x As a result, using the Barrage of Lightning in large scale against 10 players will result into recovering 1500 hp and 2000 MP if the HP recovery and MP per hit is selected. With Mind x4 Lightstones in capped large scale, you've unlocked the big secret to be tanky. You could also slap the 20% Downsmash addons in, but, downsmash = pseudo aerial phase = no down attack damage (nor air attack damage). It results in a ~46,14% chance to downsmash. Only issue being that Awakening Witch can't capitalize on the downsmash due to the lenghty aftercast of Barrage of Lightning, and the down attack damage loss doesn't justify it.
This is a great guide.... for PvP. I really appreciate the time put into the video, and it is very informative, but PvE is barely mentioned at all. I don't think he mentioned it even once in the combos section. I'll be 100% honest, I didn't watch the entire video (just the awak skill overview, PvE addons, and Combos), but at no point in those three segments does he explain how PvE plays or which skills to combo. He does mention that a certain skill is good in PvE in the skills overview, but that means nothing if you don't know which ones you should be using. Great guide, but I feel like I wasted like a half hour listening to him describe why a skill is good in PvP (and I can't skip because he doesn't have a section purely for PvE, so he could mention it in the next sentence)
Absolute: Dagger Stab does say "Only available via a Quick Slot after learning Earthen Eruption or Rain of Fire". Seems this is PA's intentional workaround for an unimportant skill, rather than completely forgotten.
Thats the same for the rest of the classes, when they released the magnus skills, they replaced the assigned key of old insignificant skills, although for a couple of classes the "old" one still useful you just gootta hotkey it
I never watched you back in the day. But i like how sassy you get but huge fan btw.. I am also an awk witch main the game feels bad now but i always have shit tagged for pvp. i don't like when my old man hands that cause me arthritis from playing a game even if i out gear most players at 740 to win a 1v1 with my awk witch (if they suck).. So its funny to see how eccentric you get at times with these kinds of vids you make on the Class.
Are more guides for other classes planned in the future? Love the detail about this. It's so hard finding good guides on youtube that arent a few years old. Would love to see a kunoichi guide. Especially PVE because most content on YT is focussed on PVP. Keep up the amazing content !
I could do a few more guides like this on the classes I know very well. Kuno is my list to learn and I could run one once I have a firm grasp on her. Will take some time though, she is a tough one!
There are timestamps on the video where I cover this! However you can also go to my stream chat and type !crystals as well. As far as artifacts go I like the blur set most of the time in pvp and deathblow for pve always
As an Awakened Witch main, this was a comprehensive and much-appreciated guide. I may have to watch it a few times, lol. How would you improve the Witch so trash loot is comparable to other classes? Should Teleport cooldown be reduced to 3 seconds? Should SA be added to Detonative Flow for surviving the swap between main to awaken stance? Basically, I would be interested in knowing what you would do to improve the class. Also, if you could give me some Blitz Boss tips I would be super grateful :). Bless you, Blue.
I think her PvE is currently in a good spot speed wise at the mid-high end grind zones. I think she needs split tp and a way to get to awakening in a reasonable manner.
What about weapons? now there is supposed to be a free tet BS for completing the season. Which weapon should you choose as awa Witch? The awa weapon is probably more important than the main one?
Awakening witch is terrible don't play it, its rarely useful. Wizard is better in most ways and she needs to be reworked entirely. She dies every fight especially in 1v1 ive played her since launch.
Thanks for pointing out the difficulty of getting back to spheras from staff. It probably deserve its own section quite frankly since its one of her most glaring weakness in PvP.
The proposed method that Blue recommended is slightly off. In fact, if you prioritize the Pet Summon swap, you need to make sure to have both summoning skills onto the hotbar and use the opposite pet as the one you currently have summoned. This way, it simply swaps the pets around instead of unsommoning the current one. If you mistakenly unsummon your pet in the middle of a 1v1, you're almost guaranteed to lose because you will have 6 seconds downtime at minimum without your intended damage, and 12 seconds without access to pet CC.
The pet summon swap is the most protected one, but also the slowest. And comes with the penalty of not being able to use the Pet CC in 1v1.
Detonative Flow swaps are risky as it was stated by Blue. However, they allow the Witch to cancel all her Staff skills with the exception of Healing Aura, Protected Area, Residual Lightning, Earthen Eruption (should have been able but, Pearl Abyss is too lazy to implement the skill adequateley for Awakening) Rabam skills 2 and 3. As a swap, this one is the smoothest and Detonative Flow can be cancelled with Flow: Magical Evasion (SA) at the expanse of the float if done too quickly or a Q block same problems but suffers from the block aftercast and potential hit block staggers.
Of course there is the W + C swap as stated by Blue. Inconvinient because you need to have finished your staff skill completely and you cannot queue the input in advance or it will for a unprotected slow swap (a worst mistake than a double jump of shame).
Finally, A/D + C swap is the fastest you can do, but has the problem of not being able to cancel staff skills. But, I have seen players able to do that swap at extreme speed, making it almost seemless after a Protected Area or Heal or Rabam Swiftquake even in large scale. It might be good to practice.
Awakening Wizard does not have this issue because they have Hellfire frontal guard on the default allowing the same chains from Staff as Detonative Flow does. But don't get me started on Awakening Wizard. >.
Thanks. This is a really good guide and as a console player thanks for using the skill names instead of keystroke lists. I'm gonna go back and give my Witch a try on tag.
In terms of addons in large scale, Barrage of Lightning is a must have. And it was this way even when it was still a tier 2 addon. The reason being that the skill had 10 addon procs meaning that for every 'on hits' type of addon, it will proc 10 times. Number of hits =/= number of addons procs, mind you.
Equilibrium Break is 2 addon procs,
Thunderstorm 3x
Lightning Blast 2x - 2x
Yoke of Ordeal 1x - 1x
Blizzard 1x
Fissure Wave + Sign 2x - 1x.
Earthen Eruption 2x -2x -1x (depending on stages)
Barrage of Lightning 10x
As a result, using the Barrage of Lightning in large scale against 10 players will result into recovering 1500 hp and 2000 MP if the HP recovery and MP per hit is selected. With Mind x4 Lightstones in capped large scale, you've unlocked the big secret to be tanky.
You could also slap the 20% Downsmash addons in, but, downsmash = pseudo aerial phase = no down attack damage (nor air attack damage). It results in a ~46,14% chance to downsmash. Only issue being that Awakening Witch can't capitalize on the downsmash due to the lenghty aftercast of Barrage of Lightning, and the down attack damage loss doesn't justify it.
Good shit that I constantly used Spellbound Heart to get the move speed buff while grinding and now realize its the same as my pet's passive
This was such a well compiled guide, was super helpful to me. Thank you very much for all the videos you put out. Keep up the awesome work mate.
I love animation canceling bowling into literally any other skill in pve, I love that sweet tier 3 addon it has
This is a great guide.... for PvP. I really appreciate the time put into the video, and it is very informative, but PvE is barely mentioned at all. I don't think he mentioned it even once in the combos section. I'll be 100% honest, I didn't watch the entire video (just the awak skill overview, PvE addons, and Combos), but at no point in those three segments does he explain how PvE plays or which skills to combo. He does mention that a certain skill is good in PvE in the skills overview, but that means nothing if you don't know which ones you should be using. Great guide, but I feel like I wasted like a half hour listening to him describe why a skill is good in PvP (and I can't skip because he doesn't have a section purely for PvE, so he could mention it in the next sentence)
Absolute: Dagger Stab does say "Only available via a Quick Slot after learning Earthen Eruption or Rain of Fire". Seems this is PA's intentional workaround for an unimportant skill, rather than completely forgotten.
Thats the same for the rest of the classes, when they released the magnus skills, they replaced the assigned key of old insignificant skills, although for a couple of classes the "old" one still useful you just gootta hotkey it
Was my first class I’m going back to this class thanks for the guide
Love this guide. Thank you for making me laugh
Was waiting for the Witch character preset lmao
I never watched you back in the day. But i like how sassy you get but huge fan btw.. I am also an awk witch main the game feels bad now but i always have shit tagged for pvp. i don't like when my old man hands that cause me arthritis from playing a game even if i out gear most players at 740 to win a 1v1 with my awk witch (if they suck).. So its funny to see how eccentric you get at times with these kinds of vids you make on the Class.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Switching to Witch as my main, your guide is amazing!!!
Are more guides for other classes planned in the future? Love the detail about this. It's so hard finding good guides on youtube that arent a few years old.
Would love to see a kunoichi guide. Especially PVE because most content on YT is focussed on PVP.
Keep up the amazing content !
I could do a few more guides like this on the classes I know very well. Kuno is my list to learn and I could run one once I have a firm grasp on her. Will take some time though, she is a tough one!
@@bluesquadronlive Thanks man :) looking forward to it!
Thanks a very helpful guide!
Thank you so so much for the support! I have more guides coming soon! Recorded and started work on them yesterday! Exciting!
THANKYOU! Extremely informative.
3 hours of PURE...THICC...WIZARDRY KNOWLEDGE
Thank you
great vid dont play witch wont play witch but great vid helps me understand her more >D keep it uppppppp
I switched from eu lahn main to na witch main blue saved me from spam grabbing player in eu and getting skins for witch on the central market 😁😁😁😁😁
Hi Blue. Question: Are you going to re-do these guides once the change to protections goes live?
Love these videos. Can we get an awakening warrior guide next?
KEEP PUMPING THE CONTENT BRO
Its working! Its working! (Anakin in the Podracer)
Blue, im aware you re a main witch, i wonder if you could do a awakening wizard guide also, would be very helpfull!
Hey Blue ! Great video , it will help me alot ! any chance u can link to some crystal / Artifact setups? im kinda lost about that ! thanks again
There are timestamps on the video where I cover this! However you can also go to my stream chat and type !crystals as well. As far as artifacts go I like the blur set most of the time in pvp and deathblow for pve always
I'm tagging my witch now ❤
'Why am I not doing any damange??' Blue Squadron: "Eat my ass" I love that
i clicked for the Boobas , to find an amazing Guide ♥ thanks lot Blue
even for 1v1s, i'd still rather have gorr, just because he can sometimes tank a grab
Is awakening witch need critical hit rate and accuracy?
Because of the reforge stones of sovereign weapons.
Thanks for your help in advance :)
So cast paralysis on those pesky zerkers diving in. Got it.
As an Awakened Witch main, this was a comprehensive and much-appreciated guide. I may have to watch it a few times, lol. How would you improve the Witch so trash loot is comparable to other classes? Should Teleport cooldown be reduced to 3 seconds? Should SA be added to Detonative Flow for surviving the swap between main to awaken stance? Basically, I would be interested in knowing what you would do to improve the class. Also, if you could give me some Blitz Boss tips I would be super grateful :). Bless you, Blue.
I think her PvE is currently in a good spot speed wise at the mid-high end grind zones. I think she needs split tp and a way to get to awakening in a reasonable manner.
Professor Blue's class is now in session
What about weapons? now there is supposed to be a free tet BS for completing the season. Which weapon should you choose as awa Witch? The awa weapon is probably more important than the main one?
Was there a crystals/gems breakdown/showcase? Can i get a tile stamp?
Literally just made an awakening Witch and got her to lvl60 today, lets fucking go
2 lvls and 700billion silver to go... good luck
Let's goooo
OH FINALLY
What is the uncapped PvP addons (not the DP version)?
What do you recommend for pve only. succ or awake.
awakening
Blue when you lock 1 of the Pets it stops you using F to summon the other is this meant to happen or am i doing something wrong.
Hi, does anyone know what software is using to draw on the screen?. Thx.
Epic pen!
when ppl dfs me instead of switching server i switch to succ nova and then they move instead
Muskan shoes, green gloves? Why?i play witch and i have urugons and blue gloves on awakening
new to rbf first time
🔥
Where can I check the gear progression of evasion witch, sir?
I have forgotten to put skill add ons on my witch for 2 years LOL they are on now
If only it didn't cost me 191 fuel to tag a toon...
Everything Succession Witch Guide next please
Ask and you shall receive
can you do wizard guide? please...
definitely
can dr work? for taging one
Yo Blue. Im gonna throw it out here. Im not gonna sit through 2 and a half hours bro.
And that’s why it’s spilt into chapters, watch what pertains to what you want to know 😮
Ya you arent meant to man. Its a comprehensive awak witch guide ya goof ball. Skip to where ya need haha
Do awk mystic guide
the shocking state of witch awakening
First
wait he actually did it
IKR, HE ACTUALLY DID IT!!!!
tf u mean LOL
Awakening witch is terrible don't play it, its rarely useful. Wizard is better in most ways and she needs to be reworked entirely. She dies every fight especially in 1v1 ive played her since launch.
I play her in t1 and T2 nw, she is really good there